Viewing Airport
Information
1. From any page, press and hold
c
to select the default NAV page. (You
may skip this step if you are already
viewing any of the main GPS pages.)
2. Rotate the large right knob (
d
) to
select the WPT page group. WPT will appear in the lower right corner of the screen.
3. Rotate the small right knob (
a
) to select the desired WPT page. Airport information
is displayed on the first six WPT pages: airport location, airport runway, airport
frequency, airport approach, airport arrival and airport departure.
4. Press the small right knob (
r
) to activate the cursor.
5. Use the small (
a
) and large (
d
) right knobs to enter the identifier of the desired airport.
6. Once the identifier is entered, the information for that airport will appear on the page.
Press
E
to accept the selected identifier.
7. To view the other airport information pages, press the small right knob (
r
) to remove
the flashing cursor and rotate the small right knob (
a
) to select the desired page.
Viewing Airport Information by Facility Name or City
1. Select the airport location page. (See
page 5.)
2. Press the small right knob (
r
) to
activate the cursor.
3. Rotate the large right knob (
d
) to
highlight the facility name (second
line) or the city (third line) field.
4. Use the small (
a
) and large (
d
) right knobs to enter the facility name or city loca-
tion of the desired destination waypoint. As you spell the facility name or city, the
GNS 430s SpellNFind feature will select the first entry in the database based upon
the characters you have entered up to that point.
5. Once the identifier is entered, the information for that airport will appear on the page.
Press
E
to accept the selected identifier.
6. To view the other airport information pages, press the small right knob (
r
) to remove
the flashing cursor and rotate the small right knob (
a
) to select the desired page.
Auto-Tuning a Frequency from a List
The GNS 430’s auto-tune feature allows you to quickly select any dis-
played database frequency as your standby frequency. With a minimum of
keystrokes, any frequency listed on the airport frequency page can be
transferred to the standby field of the COM or VLOC window.
1. Select the airport frequencies page from the WPT page group. (See page 5.)
2. Press the small right knob (
r
) to place the cursor on the airport identifier field.
3. Use the small (
a
) and large (
d
) right knobs to enter the identifier of the desired
airport. Press
E
when finished.
4. Rotate the large right knob (
d
) to
highlight the desired frequency.
5. Press
E
to place the highlighted
frequency in the standby COM or
VLOC window field (as appropriate).
6. To activate the selected frequency, press
W
or
V
(as appropriate).
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